It was a great Olympics for USA volleyball! GOLD for Todd and Phil on the men’s side and Kerry and Misty on the women’s beach side. This is the first time that any country has won both gold medals. On the indoor side, the men's team also won GOLD, and the women’s team took home silver. Of course I was most stoked for Todd and Phil.From the first round upset, to the epic 0-6 3rd game comeback against the Swiss, I Tivoed every Todd and Phil match NBC aired, and even lost some sleep watching late at night. Diana caught volleyball fever and let me watch when we were at dinner on vacation in Lake Geneva. It will be a nice break now that the Olympics are over.
I am hoping Todd and Phil get some much deserved publicity now. We now have the Golden boys and girls of beach volleyball. Hopefully they will be hyped outside of volleyball circles.
I have to give credit where credit is due. Kerry and Misty's win put them into the volleyball stratosphere. I don't think there is any argument that they are the best team in men's or women's in beach volleyball history after a second consecutive GOLD medal.
They have now won 107 matches is a row, a streak over a year long. Also, they are the only beach volleyball team to go 7-0 in the Olympics in 2004, and they did it again in 2008. Two feats likely never to be broken.
Misty is going to be on Dancing with the Stars this summer. You can catch her strutting her stuff there. Both Kerry and Misty have made no secret that they want to start families. I hope everything works out and they come back as strong as ever.
Hopefully this Olympic performance propels volleyball to new heights in the US!
2 comments:
Nice recap, J! But you forgot to give props to my favorite volleyball move of all time: The Pit Sizzle.
In your next life, you should be a sports writer. You got the excitement going all over again. Even though I don' think Misty Mae or Phil are on the top ten Baby Schwartz name list, that little one is sure going to have their spirit.
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